The north north west side of our house has a 2 foot soffit overhang.
Icicles on vinyl siding.
Knocking off icicles is not recommended and can easily cause damage to eaves flashing and gutters.
Looks like water is somehow getting into the bottom metal runs of the soffit and travelling from gutter end towards the wall and then dripping down the wall.
But the gutters will still need gutting.
The first of these is that falling ice can act in unpredictable ways and in trying to remove it you run the risk of injuring yourself or others.
There are several risks to knocking icicles down yourself.
And i noticed this past week we had a lot of snow and wind.
It has vinyl siding on it.
Per box vinyl siding with 16 reviews and the novik stone hl 18 5 in.
And the water s dripping out of the drain holes in the siding.
Georgia pacific castle ridge vinyl siding panel double 4 traditional white 8 in x 150 in.
Hand laid brick in red used blend 46 sq.
Dry stack stone in flint 25 18 sq.
I have icicles running down my siding only on that wall.
Another risk is the icicles tearing the entire gutter away from the side of the house.
Per box vinyl siding with 9 reviews.
I had a strange thing happen on the backside of my house which faces the northeast.
Should i knock icicles down myself.